Paul Whitehouse Biography
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Paul Whitehouse (born 17 May 1959
in Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales) is a British comedian and
actor, well known for his work with Harry Enfield and as one of
the stars of the popular BBC sketch show, The Fast Show.
Paul Whitehouse
Television
Whitehouse was co-creator with
Enfield of the character 'Loadsamoney' and appeared as his
sidekick Lance on Channel 4's "Saturday Live".
Whitehouse has worked extensively
for the BBC, firstly as a writer and then a performer on shows
such as Harry Enfield's Television Programme, where he developed
numerous characters including 'Mike Smash' of Smashie and Nicey.
In 1994 he found wider fame as part of the cast of The Fast Show
with his old University friend Charlie Higson. His 'Fast Show'
characters included:
Rowley Birkin QC
The 13th Duke of Wybourne
Archie (hardest game in the world)
Chris Jackson
Unlucky Alf
Arthur Atkinson
Brilliant
Ron Manager
One of The Suit You Tailors
One of The Offroaders
Anchor of the foreign TV station
Chanel 9.
In 2001 and 2002 Whitehouse wrote
and performed in two series of the BBC comedy drama Happiness,
in which he played a voice-over actor with a mid-life crisis.
Most recently Whitehouse wrote,
produced and appeared (with Chris Langham) in the 2005 comedy
drama Help, also for the BBC. In this show he takes 25 different
roles, all patients of Langham's psychotherapist (except one,
who is Langham's psychotherapist's psychotherapist).
Films
Whitehouse has had a number of
small roles in film, principally:
Kevin & Perry Go Large - 'Bouncer',
with Harry Enfield
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban - 'Sir Cadogan'.
Finding Neverland - 'Stage Manager'
(with his friend and admirer Johnny Depp; Whitehouse's daughters
Molly and Sophie have non-speaking roles as orphans in the film)
Corpse Bride - 'William Van Dort'
(again, with Johnny Depp)
In a 2005 poll to find The
Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts
ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
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